Mainstreaming Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plant Diversity in Three Indian States

Project Summary

This project seeks to achieve the long-term conservation and sustainable use of India’s medicinal plant diversity, particularly of its globally significant species. The project will do this by mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use objectives into forest management policy and practice at the national, state and local level in three Indian states: Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, Chattisgarh in Central India and Uttaranchal in North-west India. The project will be working with a total of at least 400 species of medicinal plants including at least 80 globally significant medicinal plants, including several critically endangered species.